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Male


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Mississauga


About Me:

Owner of CanadaDrones.com At your service!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Quad/Hexa, camera platform, fun acrobatics...


Hometown:

Mississauga


Activity Feed

Dany Thivierge commented on luke cooke's blog post Is DIY Dead?
"I see this as a cycle...
What we have built over the last 10 years is now mature enough, reliable enough, stable enough, cheap enough to be put in off the shelf products.  This is a great news as it shows how much we all accomplished. 
Now I see the…"
Oct 19, 2016
Dany Thivierge commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post New Phantom?
"correction Denny, the V2 Phantoms (Phantom 2 and Phantom 2 Vision + latest revision) 
has better motors (more efficient and higher quality) 
better compass (or at least the enclosure) 
improved radio with trainer port and relocated camera pitch…"
Nov 12, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz's blog post Lost Developer Edition Iris on ebay...
"and it's not the latest Iris + edition... :)  "
Sep 10, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Richard Branson invests in 3DR, drones invade Necker Island
"Wow when I see post like this it makes me feel very special and privileged to work with 3DR for so many years. 
Getting their products over here in Canada is always a pleasure and yes of course we will carry the Iris + (currently testing one!!)…"
Sep 9, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on Bill Bonney's blog post APM Planner 2.0.13 released (was 2.0.12/11 released)
"well if I am not mistaking it is a function that was done on the droidplanner for android to use the tlogs to alway indicate last known location (and log it in a timeline form) so at any moment you can click on that position and launch a "locator"…"
Jul 7, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on Bill Bonney's blog post APM Planner 2.0.13 released (was 2.0.12/11 released)
"When will the "Locator" be integrated?  I've seen it working and it sure looks nice and a very needed function! "
Jul 7, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on Chris Anderson's blog post How to do one-button 3D mapping with the new DroidPlanner
"Great update team! 
Would be fun to have an option to set the camera to either point to center (default) point outside (makes interesting shots) or follow flight path...  "
Jun 27, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on Dany Thivierge's blog post Casting for a Drone TV/Internet Series...
"oh and because we live on social media ... 
Here is a link to the Numan Films Facebook page which might make life easier for posting https://www.facebook.com/NumanFilms?ref=hl"
Jun 4, 2014
Dany Thivierge posted a blog post
Hey guys and girls, I was approached by Numan Films to see if there was interest in participating in a new TV/Internet show around drones... Check out the casting call below and get in touch with them directly. I really think it could be fun! Full…
Jun 4, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on Euan Ramsay's blog post Some really simple but effective mods to 2014 quad
"Very clean indeed!  Just a quick consideration on the 4 in 1 ESCs... if you are using a Pixhawk not all models are compatible... (got something to do with the startup sequence and delays... 3DR said they were working on a fix but no ETA) "
May 23, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on Chris Anderson's blog post A Drone's Day at Maker Faire
"When I attended the Montreal mini maker faire there was a lot of demand form the organization and media to get that kind of shot taken... I always refused and also got a fenced area to demonstrate simple take-off and stability (not flying much) …"
May 22, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on Chris Anderson's blog post External LED and USB boards for Pixhawk
"Available at your favorite Canadian Distributor! :) 
and still some in stock 
http://www.canadadrones.com/Pixhawk-Peripheral-Kit-p/pix-peripheral...

Nice when planets align for product lunch and dealers having stock!"
May 11, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on IKE's blog post Onboard quadrocopter failsafe: flight after actuator failure
"wow... as usual it now looks so simple! :) 
great job guys to "port" this from the confine of the Vicon system to the outside world. 

from the link : This new approach allows such a vehicle to remain in flight despite the loss of one, two, or even…"
Mar 4, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduCopter developer Jose Julio's awesome air hockey robot
"yeah wow Jose!  again you rock! (but please do not merge the code with the Arducopter one... specially the Defense + attack part!) 

hehe

Nice! "
Feb 8, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on AKRCGUY's blog post **Update on US Availability of DJI Products**
"You would understand that I will not comment much on this as I am part of the 31 dealers listed on the injunction but what I can say is that the hobby community is different than most businesses and while we are all competing to get the best share…"
Jan 29, 2014
Dany Thivierge commented on emile's blog post VirtualRobotix new products revealed
"Way to go guys! Can't wait to bring these babies to Canada!   look so nice, can you show picture of them with some abuse and scratches... I am afraid to break them! "
Dec 11, 2013
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